Australian Open '08: Day 3: Woah.

I'm looking at the results for the day from the draw information, and with the top two matches there one expects Justine Henin and Francesca Schiavone to move on. That sets up a good match, because Francesca Schiavone can surprise: she will play. Gonna' be interesting.

According to her profile, the ROC's Su-Wei Hsieh previously has not made it out of the first round of any major: she's on to the third. Tatiana Golovin out in the second: what's up with that?

Dementieva and Peer on, but bear watching in the next round. Can Elena pull something together for Peer's test?

USA's Jill Crayas has yet to move past round two in any major except here in 2004 when she advanced to the third round, but USA's Lindsey Davenport 1-6 3-6 to Sharapova. Other's have said there is no substitute for tournament play to get tour ready.

Jelena Jankovic (left attended by a trainer yesterday in round 1 of the first tournament of the year) has been full of it for past six months, and Virginie Razzano is going to test her body, mind and heart in the next match. In fact, if Jelena advances over Virginie, she just may do something other than clown in this tournament.

Here's what I am going to say here: Ai Sugiyama can but will not beat Nicole Vaidisova (it's a mind thing.)

Serena is to the third, but this is normally where her focus wavers: she begins to allow her opponents to tax precious physical and emotional reserves that she will most need in the later rounds.